Boot-top



C. TWEEDIE.

BOOT TOP. 4 APPLICATION FILED JAN-1 01 I920.

1,3683% Patented Feb 15,1921

CHARLES TWEEDIE, or JEFFERSON'VCITY, MISSOURI.

BOOT-T031 eeann.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15 1921.

Application filed January 10, 1920. Serial No. 350,530.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Twnnnre, a

citizen cf'the Jnitcd States, and a resident of Jefferson City, in thecounty of Cole and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Boot-Tops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates principally to boot tops of the kind shown anddescribed in my Patents No. 1,153,977, dated September 21, 1915, and No.1,265,280, dated May 7, 1918, which are made separate from the shoe andare intended tobe worn over shoes in the manner of an over-gaiter.

With the above described boot tops, an excellent fit is obtained betweenthe lower portion of the boot top and the shoe but difficulty issometimes experienced in properly positioning thefront'seam which joinsthe button fly to the large quarter of the boot top. In fitting the boottop to the shoe, it is often necessary, by reason of a hi h or lowinstep, to move the buttons to one S1de or the other to secure a perfectfit over the instep. This moving of the buttons in either directiondraws that portion of the seam adjacent to the moved buttons to one sideor the other, thus causing the seam to become crooked and assume anuntidy appearance.

The principal object of the present invention is to produce a boot topwhich can be adjusted to fit high or lowinsteps without thedisadvantages above mentioned. An other object is to improve the generalap pearance of the lower portion of the boot top which is the portionmost exposed to view. Another object is to save material.

The invention consists principally in a boot top having a fly whoselower portion is integral and continuous with the body of the quarterand whose upper portion is united by Seams to the body of the quarterand to the lower portion of the fly.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of this Specification andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boot top of the button-shoe typeembodying my invention, the boot top being shown fitted over a shoewhich is shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a face view of the large quarter whose lower portion isprovided with an integral fly portion, the dotted lines indicating theportions which form the closed seams getween the small quarter and thefly memer;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the small quarter, the dotted lines indicatingthe portions which are doubled back and sewn to the large quarter toform the bottom and rear seams;

Fig. is a face view of the top fly member, the dotted lines indicatingthe lines on which the fly is sewn to the upper front por tion of thelarge quarter; and

Fig. '5 is a section showing the type of seam used for joining the partstogether.

The boot top shown in the accompanying drawing is cut from a suitablematerial, preferably cloth or like material, and comprises a largequarter 6, a small quarter 7 and a top fly portion 8. The quarters arecut full length, that is, extending from the top ofthe leg portion tothe top line of the sole and heel. The lower edges of the quartersmidway between their front and rear portions, are provided withprojecting tabs 9. The free outer marginal portions of the tabs of eachquarter are sewed together to form a loop under the shank in front ofthe heel and thu connect the lower edges of the quarters together.

The rear marginal portions are sewed together in the form of a closedseam 10. This back seam 10 is sprung in at the heel in the mannerdescribed in my Patent No. 1,153,977 to make it .hug the shoe 11 towhich it is applied as shown in Fig. l.

The boot tops are made in rights and lofts and are cut slightlydifferent along their front and bottom edges. The large quarter 6, whichcomes on the inner side of the foot, is provided at its lower front partwith a projecting flap or fly portion 12 formed integral therewith. Thisflap or fly portion laps over the outside quarter and its upper edgeterminates at a point above the instep and is disposed substantially atright angles to the upper outer edge of the fly portion. At the anglebetween the inner corner of the upper edge of the fly portion 12 of thelarge quarter and the front leg portion thereof, the quarter is providedwith a slit 13 which permit the edges of the quarter to be doubled backto form a closed seam as shown in Fig. 5. The large quarter is cutslightly longer from top to bottom at its forward end than the smallquarter and the difference gradually decreases from the heel where bothquarters are alike, thus enabling the tabs 9 of the two quarters whenjoined together to conform to the shape of the sole of the shoe. 7

The back edge of the separate fly member 8 and the upper front edge ofthe leg pork tion of the large quarter are sewed together and the seam15 thus formed is sprung in 7 shown in Fig. 5. Y That is, the adjacentmarbetween the upper and lower edges ofthe' fly member to obtain a snugfit around the leg. The lower edge of the fly 8 and the upper edge ofthe fly portion 12 of the large quarter are secured together to form aseam 16 which extends across the foot just above the instep.

The front seams 15 and 16 which connect the fly member to the largequarter, the back seam 10whichconnects the rear-edges of the twoquarters and the seam which connects the tab portions 9 of the quartersare preferably all made in the form of the closed seam ginal portions ofthe parts to be connected,

which are indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 2-, 3 and 1, are turnedup as at 17 and sewed together and a stiffening strip 18'is placed'overthe inside of the seam and'se- 7 cured to the adjacent doubledback-portions by meansof a double row of stitching.

TA facing 19 is sewed along the edges of the quartersto improve theappearance of the boot top. The front edges of the sep ara'te fly 8 andthe integral fly portion 12 of the largequarter, together with the frontedge of the small quarterto which the buttons are secured, aresuitably'stiifened with strips of buckram or other material (not shown)V The stopping of the front seam 15 above 4h theinstep greatly improvesthe appearance i of that part of the boot top-most exposed to view andenables the buttons to be shifted to one side or the other toaccommodate large or small insteps without the hereinbefore -mentioneddisadvantages associated with boot tops having front seams-extend ingfrom top to bottom, The, shortening of the overall length ofthelciurvedbntton fly results in a considerable, saving of material byreason of the shorteningof the are, which permits the fly to be cut froma narrower tions extendingiunder the shank of'the shoe.

and connected together,'oneof saidquarters having a fly which laps theother of said quarters, said fly portion being an integral thereof to'apoint above :to the, instep and thence upwardly being in, the form of aseparate piece connected to said quarter.

2. A.- boot top adapted to be 1worn; over a shoe, said boot topcomprising quarters and ing portions extending under the shankof theshoe and securedjtogether,-?- onei of said quarters having'an integralfly-portion en- 7 o tending upwardly from its frontedge to a f:

point abovefthe instep and said separate fl'y said quarter above theintegralfiy-portion of the same and extending to the top thereof; ,3. Anovergalter of'the' button-shoe type part 'of the quarter from the Ilowerfedges a separate. fly member, saicl quarters;,;being securedtogethergat their backedges and'hav- V member being secured to the frontedge of comprising two quarters united by a seam at f the back,the'lower portion of the fly of the 1 V button hole member beingintegral and continuous with the body portion of said mem bet and theupper' portion of said-fly extendindown nearl to the inste andbeinseparate and sewed to said body member, and

to said lower portion of said fl Signedat New York city,

day of January, 1920.1 7 r v oHAR ns TWEEDIE;

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,368,771, grantedFebruary 15, 1921, upon the application of Charles Tweedic, of JeffersonCity, Missouri, for an improvement in Boot-Tops, an error appears in theprinted specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 67,claim 1, strike out the Word to,

second occurrence; and that the said Letters Patent should be read withthis correction therein that the same may conform to the record of thecase in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 22d day of March, A. D., 1921.

A M. H. COULSTON,

Commissioner of Patents.

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